Alessandro "Alle" Benassi is an Italian DJ, songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of Benassi Bros. and as a co-writer of several hits for Chris Brown.
Alle Benassi | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Alessandro Benassi |
| Origin | Reggio Emilia, Italy |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1980s–present |
| Member of | Benassi Bros. |
Career
editBenassi and his cousin Benny Benassi began DJing in their home town of Reggio Emilia in the 1980s. In the mid-1990s, they started working for Larry Pignagnoli's Off Limits production company. There, they produced music for several acts, including Whigfield. Alessandro Benassi did writing and arrangements for the 2002 album Whigfield 4.[1]
Alessandro and Benny Benassi then released a number of albums under the name Benassi Bros.: Hypnotica (2003), Pumphonia (2004), and ...Phobia (2005).[2]
He later went on to produce the album “Rock the Dog” (2008)[under the name Mobbing] and to co-write a number of songs for Chris Brown, including "Beautiful People" (2011) and "Don't Wake Me Up" (2012).
Songwriting credits
edit| Year | Artist | Song | Co-written with | U.S. peak position |
U.K. peak position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Benny Benassi | "Satisfaction" | — | — | 2[3] |
| "Able to Love" | Benny Benassi, Dhany | — | |||
| 2011 | Chris Brown | "Beautiful People" | Chris Brown, Benny Benassi, Jean Baptiste | 43[4] | 4[5] |
| 2012 | "Don't Wake Me Up" | Chris Brown, Alain Whyte, Brian Kennedy, Jean Baptiste, Benny Benassi, Michael McHenry, Nick Marsh, Priscilla Hamilton, Ryan Buendia, William Orbit |
9[6] | 2[7] | |
| Madonna | "Girl Gone Wild" | Madonna, Benny Benassi, Jenson Vaughan | 106 | 73 | |
| "I'm Addicted" | Madonna, Benny Benassi | — | — | ||
| "Best Friend" |